STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE

STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE, a moderately sized junior high in LEWISVILLE, Texas, run under LEWISVILLE ISD, works with 872 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE sits 36% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 62 schools in LEWISVILLE ISD (47,876 students total), STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder breaks down as 13% Asian, 10% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 33.7%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Denton County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: LILLIE J JACKSON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 31%: 668 students in 2018 compared to 872 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 17% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.